The time that George Orwell tried black magic

Last Friday was the 72nd anniversary of author George Orwell’s death.

We’re still, though, as Literary Hub points out, discovering new facts about his relatively short life.

To wit: Orwell’s classmate at Eton, Sir Steven Runciman, shared an anecdote about how the pair performed a black magic ritual to revenge themselves on a bully.

This story only emerged for the 2003 book Inside George Orwell.

But you can read the abridged version of Orwell's black magic adventure at Lit Hub.

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